Second Impressions of Django

Since my first impressions of Django were generally cautiously optimistic, I opted to keep at it to see how things go. There’s still plenty to learn but so far, but the framework is turning out to be beautiful. Not necessarily simple – more like elegant. And while it is not …

First Impressions of Django

I have wanted to have an excuse to try Django for a long while and decided to give it a go. I have been thinking about expanding on my Aquariduino controller idea and adding to it a web-based application that can track additional information aside from what I will pull …

Going Solar (Hopefully)

Today we had Brandon from IES come out to get a look at our home and get an idea of costs. It was the first actual visit by an installer we have had so I guess is sort of a milestone, even if it’s a small one. We have collected …

Digging Deeper Into Arduino

I have used the Arduino for a few things now – most notably, for the ShieldBoy and ArduinoBoy Advance (sorry I haven’t made a build doc for that yet). The fun part of those was designing custom boards and, in fact, I’m rather proud of the ArduinoBoy Advance as it …